Cross Village Township, MI is located in Emmet County and has a rich history of political involvement. The township is governed by a Board of Trustees who are elected by the citizens to serve four year terms. This board is responsible for managing all aspects of township governance. It sets the local budget, manages municipal affairs, enacts zoning regulations, and administers public safety services. Political representation within the township is also held at the county level with an elected commissioner representing the area in Emmet County government. Additionally, Cross Village Township residents have the privilege of voting for their preferred candidates in state and federal elections as part of their civic duty. All in all, politics play an important role in Cross Village Township's culture and life as it allows citizens to determine how they will be governed.
The political climate in Cross Village township, MI is moderately conservative.
Emmet County, MI is somewhat conservative. In Emmet County, MI 43.5% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 54.6% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.9% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Emmet county remained strongly Republican, 54.6% to 43.5%.
Emmet county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Cross Village township, MI is moderately conservative.
Emmet County, Michigan is somewhat conservative.
Michigan is leaning liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Cross Village township, Michigan: R R r R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D if the Democratic Party candidate won and I if the Independent Party candidate won. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Cross Village township, MI
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 1,380 contributions totaling $275,846 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $200 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 716 contributions totaling $511,224 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $714 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)